Very touching was his deference to Nana. - from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie

2.

A man followed her, a suggestion of deference in his manner. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

3.

The doctor's eyes held the deference accorded to a really rich man. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

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Many are chosen, as you see, with little deference to the opinions of Virtu. - from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

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This shade of deference also disturbed Pierre. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

6.

Through too much deference to our sovereign sway. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer

7.

We have had every deference shown to us, and not once any objection to whatever we chose to ask or do. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker

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A deference such as he had never before received was shown him. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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In spite of the light brown dustcoat and leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic surroundings, I had no difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of Scotland Yard. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle